[Dxbase] Help not working after upgrade wo Win 10 Pro

Fri Aug 14 06:30:42 EDT 2015

At the suggestion of Dave, VE3WEI I have created a PDF file of the help
contents which you can use until either Microsoft or I fix this for you!
http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/DxbaseDocumentation.zip
73
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal LLC
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Neal Campbell <nealk3nc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Since WinXP, the format of help that DXBase uses was no longer supported
> on the "bare" machine, you had to download the program that would read the
> old format correctly. You then had to make a system change for it to
> process macros correctly.
>> Microsoft hasn't developed a version of the reader that will run on Win10.
> Until they do, DXB2007's help system is screwed. Meanwhile I am working on
> implementing the "new" help format on tversion 10 of DXBase.
>>>>> Neal Campbell
> Abroham Neal LLC
>>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Ed Pflueger <ab4iq at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> Me Too. On three machines..........
>>>> Ed AB4IQ
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dxbase [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Richard
>> Solomon
>> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 2:22 PM
>> To: DXBase
>> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Help not working after upgrade wo Win 10 Pro
>>>> I did an update yesterday, I thought DXBase worked OK, but I did not check
>> if the Help File worked.
>>>> I have the same issue here.
>>>> "Time to pluck your magic twanger Froggy" !!
>>>> Who remembers that commercial ??
>>>> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Bruce Huyck <ks4v at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> > I recently upgraded my Windows 7 Pro computer to Windows 10 Pro.
>> > After the upgrade, the help function is no longer working.
>> >
>> > The error message says "failure to launch help". I know we had a
>> > similar problem when we all upgraded to Windows 7, but I have slept
>> since
>> then.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Has anyone else seen this error?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Bruce
>> >
>> > Ks4V
>> >
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